Ernst Schmidt

Ernst Schmidt was a Hauptmann of the Wehrmacht.

Biography
Ernst Schmidt was an officer of the Luftwaffe of Nazi Germany, and he was involved in the 20 July 1944 Operation Valkyrie planned coup against Adolf Hitler as Heinrich Himmler's aide. Himmler decided that he would be sent to assassinate Hermann Goring after Hitler would be killed, letting Himmler take power without Goring or Joseph Goebbels (who would be killed by Major Remer) interfering (Albert Speer was not backed by an army).